ichthyous - 10:12 pm on Jan 12, 2011 (gmt 0)

Well, I can see how local search can be useful to people, even if it's hurting me...but how does it benefit Google's bottom line? They have to keep stuffing the page with more and more links to keep revenue growing, but local searches are not sponsored searches and occupy prime position on the page. It doesn't earn Google more money, or does it?